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This painting dates from around 1868. Unusually for Daumier, it was worked up from a full-scale oil sketch. It is both fluent and highly finished. Such bucolic scenes of people wining and dining in the open air became a popular theme with the Impressionists. This work was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in Paris in 1917.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

Lunch in the Country

Date

1868

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 26 x W 34 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2449

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Gwendoline Davies, 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

In File: (label) ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON, W1 IMPRESSIONISM(SIC) 1974 Daumier Serial No. 22 Dejeuner a la Campagne National Museum of Wales, Cardiff Label: From NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES, CARDIFF, CF1 3N (inscribed) To: PITT E SCOTT LTD, 1 ST. PAULS CHURCHYARD, LONDON EE4 Label: ..HE ARTS CO

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